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I had a day out with my daughter as well. We went to Cracker Barrel, then the gym,biome and stamped, then out to dinner with dd and her bf. then dh and I stopped for soft ice cream. We are wishing it was spring here, its 35*. Very cold!

Thank you all for the lessons on bugs and possums!! While I do NOT want bugs on me or in my house, I think they are beautiful creatures. The pic of the box elders that kramomma shared with the orange coloring is beautiful! I don't think we have those here...or, at least, I have never seen one. We don't have possums either! And while they look scary, I think they are very interesting! An I would LOVE to see one in person....at a bit of a distance, of course!

next fall i will send you a bunch of box elders.....i don't think the CANADIAN govt would like me to well. they are a NUISANCE. best viewed in an encyclopedia. we get thousands of them, they cover everything. you can't even sit down outside so i don't think you would really like them.

All done AND I've gone through 24 pages of January's thread. Did you guys know we chatted for 79 pages? I'll do more tomorrow.

you're funny. sometimes i don't have the time to go back through all the posts. if its been a day or two, i just jump in where i am. there's other things that need doing but thanks for your interest. that is very sweet of you.

1. up & dressed - done
2. breakfast - done
3. made bed - done
4. allergy meds - done
5. 1st 20 oz water of the day - done
6. 2nd 20 oz glass of water
7. 3rd 20 oz glass of water
8. 4th 20 oz glass of water
9. 5th 20 oz glass of water
10. work on 1 of the sorted bags of tax info (I sort my into into baggies by catagory and have 6 to deal with)
11. work on a 2nd of the sorted bags of tax info
13 take printed items to dsil that dd1 forgot today*
14. make that deposit I didn't get into town to make yesterday*
15. take book to dd2*
16. drop some mail at the PO*
17. put dishes away from last night
18. work on more of the other thread stuff.
19. sort 1 bin from my craft cave

well I think that is a good enough list for right this minute and (*) many pieces will not be done until later on this afternoon when we go for dinner.

__________________Donna TFight the reasons to be unhappy. Focus on the things you do have, and the reasons you should be happyAuthor Unknown

So, my husband is a neighborhood hero. He put out a 5 foot fire in the neighbors backyard and the cops & firefighters told him he probably saved their house! Don't store your firewood under your BBQ pit y'all. Just a friendly tip there.

OMW Paula, good thing he was home. did he just use a hose or an extinguisher?
scary

you're funny. sometimes i don't have the time to go back through all the posts. if its been a day or two, i just jump in where i am. there's other things that need doing but thanks for your interest. that is very sweet of you.

I have to admit there were some things I rememaber I wanted to remember some of the sayings I wanted to remember as well as some links I wanted to remember as well. That's the only reason I'm going to go back through the first 2 months. From now on out I'll save that info when I see it.

__________________Donna TFight the reasons to be unhappy. Focus on the things you do have, and the reasons you should be happyAuthor Unknown

Things. I need to do
Boil potatoes for potatoe salad
Find recipe for French potato salad
Clean and prep vegir for roasted ratatouille
Make artichoke tomatoe sauce to put on polenta squares
Load and run dishwasher
Lay out sausage for tomorrows cookout
Make black bean salsa

Things. I need to do
Boil potatoes for potatoe salad Done
Find recipe for French potato salad Done
Clean and prep vegir for roasted ratatouille
Make artichoke tomatoe sauce to put on polenta squares
Load and run dishwasher Going
Lay out sausage for tomorrows cookout Done
Make black bean salsa

I just knew someone would comment on that, well on that side of the kitchen in the mornings we just use whatever is handy

this dude looked more narrow than the one you posted but i do think it is the same critter. our box elders here though, that look like the one in the pic, are not nearly as long as this guy was. he was a good inch long. the legs and eyes look the same so maybe they are a kind of variety. or maybe he grew a LOT from fall to spring. blech! I did not notice an odor when i killed him, not like when we kill those kind that look like they are a shield. those STINK when you squish em. Anyway, we had horrible amounts of the box elders this past fall so likely he is one of them. Never saw them in the spring before. or winter for that matter! Thanks for the lesson.

I see them in the summer. They creep me out. I think the babies are red. I find them on the outside of our house but esp near hte side door and also in the plants. I have always wondered if they hurt the plants at all. Good to know they don't bite.

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~Marnie~My GalleryNonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today's mission is to spend a few minutes sweeping off your front porch.

My front porch has snow on it. I'll let DH do that when he shovels the sidewalks. He finally fixed the snow blower so now he is hoping for a really big snow. Me, not so much. We have used up all of our snow days so spring can come any time now.

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~Marnie~My GalleryNonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I was a mean mom today. I made the kids each do a job. We always did cleaning on saturday mornings (or helped mom). I put some simple jobs in a bucket. It's there for when they fight or misbehave (Kylie stole a sucker at dance hte other night and got to clean both of the 2" wooden blinds in her room that were VERY dusty). I told them today they have a job just b/c they live here not b/c they did anything bad. So...Kylie wiped baseboards in LR and Jayden is 2/3 done wiping off the outside of the fridge. My plan was to wipe down wainscoting, trim etc in hallway but was too busy supervising. I am also partially done vacuuming. Had to stop b/c J got too whiny and so it was nap time. I told him he could finish the fridge when he gets up.

they both now have daily chores and we have started allowance. They each have 5 jobs per day (same ones every day). Make bed, feed dog, put clothes away (that I have w/d/f), throw dirty clothes down chute, pick up w/o complaining. We put stickers on their chart each day that they do each job. At the end of hte week, we count up stickers and they get paid 10 cents per sticker.

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~Marnie~My GalleryNonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. up & dressed - done
2. breakfast - done
3. made bed - done
4. allergy meds - done
5. 1st 20 oz water of the day - done6. 2nd 20 oz glass of water - done
7. 3rd 20 oz glass of water - done8. 4th 20 oz glass of water - done
9. 5th 20 oz glass of water10. work on 1 of the sorted bags of tax info (I sort my into into baggies by catagory and have 6 to deal with) - done
11. work on a 2nd of the sorted bags of tax info got into it and did 2 more - done13 take printed items to dsil that dd1 forgot today* - done
14. make that deposit I didn't get into town to make yesterday* - done
15. take book to dd2* - done
16. drop some mail at the PO* - done17. put dishes away from last night - done
18. work on more of the other thread stuff.
19. sort 1 bin from my craft cave

well I think that is a good enough list for right this minute and (*) many pieces will not be done until later on this afternoon when we go for dinner.

__________________Donna TFight the reasons to be unhappy. Focus on the things you do have, and the reasons you should be happyAuthor Unknown

I was a mean mom today. I made the kids each do a job. We always did cleaning on saturday mornings (or helped mom). I put some simple jobs in a bucket. It's there for when they fight or misbehave (Kylie stole a sucker at dance hte other night and got to clean both of the 2" wooden blinds in her room that were VERY dusty). I told them today they have a job just b/c they live here not b/c they did anything bad. So...Kylie wiped baseboards in LR and Jayden is 2/3 done wiping off the outside of the fridge. My plan was to wipe down wainscoting, trim etc in hallway but was too busy supervising. I am also partially done vacuuming. Had to stop b/c J got too whiny and so it was nap time. I told him he could finish the fridge when he gets up.

they both now have daily chores and we have started allowance. They each have 5 jobs per day (same ones every day). Make bed, feed dog, put clothes away (that I have w/d/f), throw dirty clothes down chute, pick up w/o complaining. We put stickers on their chart each day that they do each job. At the end of hte week, we count up stickers and they get paid 10 cents per sticker.

Personally, I think it is a good thing for children to have chores. My dd1 does that with dgd1. She started it last year when she was 3.

__________________Donna TFight the reasons to be unhappy. Focus on the things you do have, and the reasons you should be happyAuthor Unknown

Personally, I think it is a good thing for children to have chores. My dd1 does that with dgd1. She started it last year when she was 3.

WE do too. I was joking about th4 reaction. "I have to do all of this???" Yep. they actually like getting stickers for their weekday chores. We need to figure out a way to build in saving and charity as well. My friend gives each child $5 per week. $2 saving, $1 charity (or tithe at church), $2 to spend. Haven't figured out how to break that down for our kids yet.

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~Marnie~My GalleryNonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tonight hubby and I are going to pick up my cousin at the airport. She gets into Detroit at 10pm and her mom doesn't want her renting a car and driving thru Detroit alone at that time of night (esp since she's been living in Vancouver for quite a while and isn't familiar with it). We're circling the wagons around Grandma. I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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~Marnie~My GalleryNonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

WE do too. I was joking about th4 reaction. "I have to do all of this???" Yep. they actually like getting stickers for their weekday chores. We need to figure out a way to build in saving and charity as well. My friend gives each child $5 per week. $2 saving, $1 charity (or tithe at church), $2 to spend. Haven't figured out how to break that down for our kids yet.

We were the last of the big spenders...our kids got $1 every 2 weeks for many years (we didn't start until they were 8 years old)...then they finally started getting $5 a MONTH...at age 16...

They had to tithe, give and spend from that!

Yep...now...they get nothing...they are 24 and 21 and they still get to do all that they did before but now for FREE!

Today they cleaned bathrooms, dusted, vacuumed, garbages...and they will be glad when they get to have supper!

I lived my childhood without ever getting an allowance or being given any payment for tasks I did around the house and at age 8 years old I could and did run our household, I did miss out on learning to budget money.

Sadly, I spent every nickle I earned babysitting (5 cents an hour back then) without ever learning to save...budgeting and saving has been a long, painful process as an adult.

I did learn from my parents' credit card issues that was not the way I wanted to live...and that was before Dave Ramsey...since I'm older than him!!!!

1. up & dressed - done
2. breakfast - done
3. made bed - done
4. allergy meds - done
5. 1st 20 oz water of the day - done6. 2nd 20 oz glass of water - done
7. 3rd 20 oz glass of water - done8. 4th 20 oz glass of water - done
9. 5th 20 oz glass of water10. work on 1 of the sorted bags of tax info (I sort my into into baggies by catagory and have 6 to deal with) - done
11. work on a 2nd of the sorted bags of tax info got into it and did 2 more - done13 take printed items to dsil that dd1 forgot today* - done
14. make that deposit I didn't get into town to make yesterday* - done
15. take book to dd2* - done
16. drop some mail at the PO* - done17. put dishes away from last night - done
18. work on more of the other thread stuff.
19. sort 1 bin from my craft cave

well I think that is a good enough list for right this minute and (*) many pieces will not be done until later on this afternoon when we go for dinner.

Well I'm working them all out. Off to the craft cave for a while to work on at least 1 bin, maybe more if I get into it.

__________________Donna TFight the reasons to be unhappy. Focus on the things you do have, and the reasons you should be happyAuthor Unknown

Kramamma - I was like you. I didn't get an allowance for anything I did at my house when I was growing up. And like you, I was basically running the house by the time I was 8 or so. If I didn't get things done the way the step-mother wanted them done then I would get whatever she had in her hands. By the time I was able to leave I was paranoid of people being behind me and skiddish of doing anything wrong.

The best thing I can remember was working in tobacco with my aunt & uncle who lived next door. I would get something like 50 cents a hour and on Saturday afternoons my cousins who were a year older & a year younger and I would ride our bicycles to the store and spend 50 cents on a soda and candy. I would make sure I had a bottle for the deposit or find one on the way. The rest of the money would go to my step-mother to give me 50 cents for tithing each week and I have no idea what she did with the rest. She was a trick to say the least. Some things change while others remain the same. She is one who has not changed.

__________________Donna TFight the reasons to be unhappy. Focus on the things you do have, and the reasons you should be happyAuthor Unknown

Hello everyone.
We spent the day out looking for trucks and hitting some local antique shops. My dd bought a record player. She loves the beetles and has some of their records as wall decor so she wanted to play them.

I'm now on the chair and relaxing, I don't plan on doing much the rest of the day.

Donna, I was a paramedic the first time out of college.

Paula, have fun at the wedding.

Isn't it odd that a opposum was out during the day? Aren't they nocturnal?

1. up & dressed - done
2. breakfast - done
3. made bed - done
4. allergy meds - done
5. 1st 20 oz water of the day - done
6. 2nd 20 oz glass of water - done
7. 3rd 20 oz glass of water - done
8. 4th 20 oz glass of water - done
9. 5th 20 oz glass of water10. work on 1 of the sorted bags of tax info (I sort my into into baggies by catagory and have 6 to deal with) - done
11. work on a 2nd of the sorted bags of tax info got into it and did 2 more - done
13 take printed items to dsil that dd1 forgot today* - done
14. make that deposit I didn't get into town to make yesterday* - done
15. take book to dd2* - done
16. drop some mail at the PO* - done
17. put dishes away from last night - done18. work on more of the other thread stuff. - I goofed and started on another month and just decided to just say forget it. It was a good idea and I'll probably do it as we go from now on. 19. sort 1 bin from my craft cave - done

I'm whittling it down a bit at a time. I have 1 more 20 oz glass of water to drink to meet my 100 oz per day and I'm going to work on those other threads. I may also work on the CRC stuff tonight for a while.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day today.

__________________Donna TFight the reasons to be unhappy. Focus on the things you do have, and the reasons you should be happyAuthor Unknown

Hello everyone.
We spent the day out looking for trucks and hitting some local antique shops. My dd bought a record player. She loves the beetles and has some of their records as wall decor so she wanted to play them.

I'm now on the chair and relaxing, I don't plan on doing much the rest of the day.

Donna, I was a paramedic the first time out of college.

Paula, have fun at the wedding.

Isn't it odd that a opposum was out during the day? Aren't they nocturnal?

Where were you a medic? AND what did you go back to college to do?

__________________Donna TFight the reasons to be unhappy. Focus on the things you do have, and the reasons you should be happyAuthor Unknown

I was the first female paramedic in our area, Bloomsburg PA. Out of the Bloomsburg hospital. Then I went back to school for business admin and was an executive for the American Red Cross out of Washington. I haven't worked since 2005. My husband was the EMT driver on one of the trucks I did my clinical on. We have been together ever since. 22 years. I haven't worked since having a stroke in 2005.